The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. was an American software company, based in Santa Cruz, California, that was best known for selling three Unix operating system variants for Intel x86 processors: Xenix,
Commemorative plaque celebrating twenty years in business for Santa Cruz Operation, listing important milestones along the way
The origins of the company and its culture came in part from the University of California, Santa Cruz, shown here in 1980.
SCO's first offices were in downtown Santa Cruz, about 2⁄5 of a mile distant along the right side of this viewpoint
Museum label for the Apple Lisa notes that it could run Xenix; that was SCO's first shrink-wrapped product.
The SCO Group was an American software company in existence from 2002 to 2012. It became known for owning Unix operating system assets that had belonged to the Santa Cruz Operation, including the Unix
Santa Cruz Operation
…only its Tarantella product line, and changed its name to Tarantella, Inc. Caldera Systems became Caldera International and then changed its name to The SCO Group, which has created some confusion between the two companies. The company described here is the original Santa Cruz Operation. Although generally referred…
Headquarters office in Lindon, Utah, featuring the new SCO logo, pictured in December 2002
The Utah Valley was where Novell, Caldera, and the Canopy Group were all based, each of which would play a part in the story of The SCO Group, also based there.
A high-level strategy meeting being held among executives, product managers, and engineering personnel of The SCO Group, in the company's Lindon, Utah offices in December 2002
As part of the SCOBiz joint initiative, executives from The SCO Group and Vista.com inspect the latter's data center operations in Bellingham in January 2003.